Fence



UNITED STATES 1 PATENT OFFIQE.

HARRISON OGBORN, OFRIOHMOND, INDIANA.

FENCE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 248,202, dated October 11, 1881 Application filed July 25, 1881. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, HARRISON OGBORN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Richmond,in the county of IVayne and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful- Imrovements inFenees; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact descriptionof the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters or figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in fences made from rails or other suitable materials, but more especially intended to be made from split rails, although a beautiful board fence can he made, if desired.

The invention has for its object the production of a fence combining durability and simplicity in its-construction, and which can be easily and readily taken apart and moved from place to place and quickly set up; and to this end the invention consists in novel features of construction and combination and arrangement of parts, all as will be hereinafter fully described, and specifically designated in the claim.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a perspective view of my improved fence; Figs. 2, 3, and 4, perspective views of modifications only in the construction and arrangement of the panels ofthefence.

In the drawings, A represents the uprights or battens, an d (J the longitudinal rails secured thereto, forming the panels proper of my in] proved fence.

E represents blocks of stone, wood, or other suitable material, forming supports for the uprights or battens of the panels-for keeping the fence off of the ground and thus preventin git from rotting. 1

B B represent long stakes or inclined braces driven into the ground and crossing each other above the panels,and supporting in the crotches thereof the adjacent ends of riders H. Awire, rope, or cord (but preferably a wire) of suitable size is passed around the two stakes or braces and the upright or batten or adjacent uprights or battens immediately below the upper rails of the panels, and rests in small notchesF cutin I said stakes or braces. The ends of the wire cross each other on the under side of the upper rails of the panels, and are brought upward, so as to embrace the two adjacent ends of the riders H H, resting in the crotch of the stakes or braces. The ends of the wire are then twisted together, as shown in the drawings, or they may be twisted or wrapped around a nail and the nail driven into the wood, or otherwise permanently connected together.

After the wire tie has been arranged and se- B are driven farther into the ground to brace the fence and to tighten. the wire, which will be drawn as tight as it will bear, and all the upperparts of the fence braced and firmly and securely locked together, forminga strong, durable, simple, and cheaply-constructed fence. The form of fence shown in Fig. 2 is constructed in a similar manner to that shown in Fig. 1, with the exception that instead of havin g each panel made separately, each alternate panel is made separatelyand the intermediate panels formed'by flattening the ends of the longitudinal rails and securing them to the opposite sides of the uprights or battens to which the rails of the separately-formed panels are secured, thus dispensing with one-half of the uprights or battens used in the construction of the fence shown in Fig 1, thereby simplifying as well as reducing the cost of construction, while producing a more permanent fence.

The form of fence shown in Fig. 3 is also constructed in a similar manner to that shown in Fig. 1, with the exception that the rails are all sawed off square at the ends, and uprights or battens of suitable width nailed or otherwise secured onto the square ends of the rails, forming panels that are quickly and cheaply conof the panels being brought together and secured by wire ties or nails, (preferably wroughtiron nails,) which can be driven through the uprights or battens and clinched.

The form of fence shown in Fig. 4 has the panels constructed in the same manner as the panelsshown in Fig. 3, only differing in their relative positions to each other-via, the uprights or battens of each panel are so arranged that the uprights orbattens of adjacent panels will touch or bear against the rails thereof.

cured as above described, the stakes or braces struoted, the two adjacent battens or uprights It will be observed that the method of securing the long stakes or braces, the riders, and panels together is the same in all the forms shown in the drawings, the only difference in construction being in the form and arrangement of the panels proper.

Preferenceis given to theform of fence shown in Fig. 2, as it forms a more permanent fence, while combining strength, durability, simplicity, and reduction in the cost of construction. The form of fence, however, shown in Fig. 1. has its advantages, in that the panels are all constructed before putting up the fence, thus rendering it more portable, as is also the case with the forms of fence shown in Figs.3 and 4.

By removing the wire ties and withdrawing the long stakes or braces the fence is readily taken apart and removed from place to place, and quickly put up again, when desired.

Having thus fully described my invention,

what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

In a fence, the combination, with the uprights or battens of the panels of the fence, the inclined and notched stakes or braces, and the riders, of a wire tie passing around said stakes or braces, and the end uprights or battens of the panels below the upper rails thereof, the ends of said wire then crossed under said upper rails and thence upward to embrace the adjacent ends of the riders, and twisted or otherwise secured together, substantially as and for the purpose herein shown and described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

HARRISON ()GBORN.

Witnesses:

WM. H. BRADBURY, L. H. MoOULLoUGH. 

